Monthly Archives: July 2018

My dear friend Joe died in Boksburg, South Africa on Saturday 7th July while recuperating from serious surgery. Joe was a Christian Brother from Dublin working in Zambia (as he had done for about 35 years). Sometime in April he went down to South Africa for tests and an MRI after being unwell for a while. He was diagnosed with a benign tumour on the membrane of the brain and operated on in April. Things took a bad turn after the surgery and he remained in a coma for about 4/5 weeks but eventually came through. Continue reading →

Two weeks ago I attended a three day training course in Thurles http://www.irishinstituteforpastoralstudies.com/ on something called “Godly Play”. I had no idea really what it was about but I had heard great things about it around the Dublin Diocese and felt it might be really useful as a more interesting way of connecting with children in the parish. I discussed it with my PP and he agreed that it sounded interesting and could be a great way of reaching out to children, and I know now can also be used with adults!